St Mary's Church ( mal, സെന്റ് മേരീസ്‌ പള്ളി) is a

Syro-Malabar Catholic lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

church in

Vendore Vendore is a village in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India. Vendore is situated in between Amballur, Thrissur, Amballur and Mannampetta. Vendore comes under AlagappaNagar GramaPanchayat and the nearest town is Amballur, about 2 km awa ...

, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is famous in the patronage of Our lady Mother Mary and belongs to

Archdiocese of Thrissur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur-Palayoor, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malaba ...

. Vendore Parish is Famous by name ''Vendore Amma ( mal, വെണ്ടോരമ്മ)'' comes under jurisdiction of

Pudukkad Puthukkad is a town on the banks of Kurumali River, also known as Mupliyam River, in Kerala. The town is to the south of Thrissur, to the north of Chalakudy, and west of Cheruval. The National highway NH 544 passes through thi town. Transp ...

Forona and is located in between

Amballur Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Amballur had a population of 11757 with 5763 males and 5994 females. Location Amballoor is located about 20 km from the downtown Kochi. It ...

and Mannampetta 200 m from Vendore Junction. According to latest information almost 1063 Christian families are in Parish.

History

The history of Vendore Church begins in 1923. Earlier Vendore family members were part of

Parish. After 1923 the Christian family members in

grouped together and they needed a Parish in their location. As per the discussion came in the meeting held, some selected persons meet Bishop in

. And finally Bishop allows a new Parish in 1924. Four ''Manjaly Family'' members donated the place for the parish in the name of Our lady

Mother Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

. The statue in the church was imported from foreign country. The miraculous statue in which

carrying baby

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

in her hands was crafted in woods was brought from

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

via train to Pudukad Railway Station and then in decorated bullock cart. St Mary's Church, Vendore was Blessed in 1927 with 52 families.

Festivals

Vendore celebrates two major feasts in a calendar year. The feast of

on September and feast of Saint Sebastian in month on January. St Mary's Church Vendore

Mass Timing

* Sunday: 05:45am, 07:00am,10:30am, 05:30pm * Monday to Friday: 05:45am, 07:00am * Saturday: 06:30am, 05:30pm

Convent

Provincial council granted and bought a house near the parish church, raised to a convent on 28 May 1987 by Mar

Joseph Kundukulam Mar Joseph Kundukulam (26 September 1917 – 26 April 1998) was the first metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, from 1970 to 1997. Kundukulam was succeeded by Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy. Kundukulam retired as ...

. By the plead from parishioners, the convent is named as ''St. Mary's FC Convert''

Religious Organization

Kerala Catholic Youth Movement The Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM) is an organization for the Catholic youth from three rites (Latin Church, Syro-Malabar Church and Syro-Malankara Church) of Christian community of Kerala in India. The patron saint of Kerala Catholic Y ...

* CLC *

Jesus Youth Jesus Youth (JY) is an International Catholic Movement, approved by the Holy See. The Movement evolved as an outcome of the Charismatic revival that spread across India in the mid-1970s. JY had its beginnings in Kerala, India, and evolved as an a ...

References

External links

Official Parish Website വെണ്ടോർ പള്ളി നിർമിച്ചു നൽകുന്ന വീടുകളുടെ താക്കോൽദാനം , ദീപിക

* ttp://trichurparishhistory.blogspot.in/2010/09/st-marys-church-vendore.html Parish History Syro-Malabar Catholic church buildings Eastern Catholic churches in Kerala Churches in Thrissur Roman Catholic churches completed in 1927 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India {{India-EC-church-stub